Adkisson v. Dent
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 96 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM BRECKINRIDGE CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The order confirming the report of the final settlement of the accounts of the surviving partner was a final order, and the court had no power over it after the expiration of the term at which it was rendered. (Freeman on Judgments, 2d Ed., sec. 12; Bondurani, v. Apperson, 4 Dana, 30; Beatty v. Beatty, 10 Ky.
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Case 96 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM BRECKINRIDGE CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The order confirming the report of the final settlement of the accounts of the surviving partner was a final order, and the court had no power over it after the expiration of the term at which it was rendered. (Freeman on Judgments, 2d Ed., sec. 12; Bondurani, v. Apperson, 4 Dana, 30; Beatty v. Beatty, 10 Ky. Law Rep., 72.) 2. In general the surviving partner is not entitled to compensation for winding up the Dartnership business, but if, from the contract of co-partnership itself, or from the acts of the deceased…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BENNETT
delivered the opinion of the court.
Iii 1884 the appellant, John Dent, and Thomas P. Board formed a partnership, under the firm name of Adkisson, Dent & Co., for the purpose of carrying on a general business at Clifton Mill, Breckinridge county, Ky., such as dealing in real estate, merchandising, milling, farming and dealing in leaf tobacco. Not long-thereafter S. R. Adkisson was admitted into the firm. Some years thereafter the partnership was dissolved by the death of Thomas P. Board, and the appellant and John Dent formed a new partnership, under the firm name of Adkisson &…
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